'When I gave up Test captaincy, I got a message only from Dhoni'

Virat Kohli opened up on dealing with the pressures of the last six-odd months, the criticisms and suggestions that have come his way at the lack of runs and his perspective of it all.

After last year's T20 World Cup, Kohli decided to step down from T20I captaincy. Rohit Sharma was then handed leadership in both the white-ball formats while Kohli proceeded to relinquish Test leadership too after the tour of South Africa where the hosts came from behind to win the series 2-1.

Kohli recently took a month-long break from cricket, which he later admitted was